An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate two condemned
cannon to Moores Creek Battle Ground Association, approved February
23,1909 (35 Stat. 643)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate to Moores
Creek Battle Ground Association, of Currie, North Carolina, two
condemned bronze field pieces with their carriages and a suitable outfit
of cannon balls which may not be needed in the service: Provided,
That no expense shall be incurred by the United States in connection
with the donation of the above-mentioned articles of ordnance property.

An Act To establish a national military park at the battle field
of Moores Creek, North Carolina, approved June 2, 1926 (44 Stat.
684)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to
preserve for historical and professional military study one of the most
memorable battles of the Revolutionary War, the battle field of Moores
Creek, in the State of North Carolina, is hereby declared to be a
national military park whenever the title to the same shall have been
acquired by the United States; that is to say, the area inclosed by the
following lines:

Those tracts or parcels of land in the county of Pender, and State
of North Carolina, more particularly described as follows:

First tract: Beginning at a stone at the run of Moores Creek, on the
east bank of same, about twenty poles (in a straight line) above the new
iron bridge, and running thence parallel to William Walker's line, south
sixty-two and one-half degrees west eleven chains to a stake; thence
south seven and one-half degrees east three and six-tenths chains to a
stone at the south edge of said road south forty-six degrees east about
five chains and eighty links to a stone; thence south thirty-seven and
one-fourth degrees west fourteen chains and twelve links to a stone;
thence north sixty-two and one-half degrees west ten chains and
seventy-five links to a stone, a corner (4) of an eighty-acre tract
which the parties of the first part conveyed to Governor D. L. Russell,
for the purposes aforesaid, by a deed dated January, 1898, and recorded
in Pender County; thence with the lines of said tract north thirty-nine
and one-half degrees east thirteen chains and twenty-seven links to a
stake, the third corner of the said eighty-acre tract; thence north
fifty-one degrees west four chains to a stake about twenty feet from the
old entrenchment (the second corner of the eighty-acre tract); thence up
and with the run of said creek to the first station, containing twenty
acres.

Second tract: Beginning at a sweet gum on the eastern edge of Moores
Creek, running thence south forty-four degrees east two poles to a
stake; thence south fifty-one degrees east four poles five links to a
stake; thence south thirty-nine degrees west 'thirteen poles
twenty-seven links to a stake; thence north fifty-one degrees west nine
poles thirty-one links to a stake in the edge of Moores Creek; thence
northerly with the creek to the beginning, containing eight acres more
or less.

Third tract: Beginning at a cypress on the edge of the run of Moores
Creek about twenty feet from the west end of the old entrenchments and
running thence in a line parallel to and ten feet distance from the
outside or east edge of the old line of entrenchments in all the various
courses of the same to a stake ten feet distant on the east side of the
north end of said entrenchments; thence a direct line to the run of said
Moores Creek; thence down said creek to the beginning, containing two
acres, be the same more or less (the intention is to include all lands
now known and designated as Moores Creek battlefield and now so
recognized as such and owned by the State of North Carolina), together
with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

The aforesaid tracts of land containing in the aggregate thirty
acres, more or less, and being the property of the State of North
Carolina, and the area thus inclosed shall be known as the Moores Creek
National Military Park.

SEC. 2. The establishment of the Moores Creek National Military Park
shall be carried forward under the control and direction of the
Secretary of War, who is hereby authorized to receive from the State of
North Carolina a deed of conveyance to the United States of all the
lands belonging to the said State, embracing thirty acres, more or less,
and described more particularly in the preceding section.

SEC. 3. That the affairs of the Moores Creek National Military Park
shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of
War, and it shall be the duty of the War Department, under the direction
of the Secretary of War, to open or repair such roads as may be
necessary to the purposes of the park, and to ascertain and mark with
historical tablets or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine,
all lines of battle of the troops engaged in the Battle of Moores Creek,
and other historical points of interest pertaining to the battle within
the park or its vicinity; and the Secretary of War in establishing this
military park is authorized to employ such labor and services and to
obtain such supplies and material as may be considered best for the
interest of the Government, and the Secretary of War shall make and
enforce all needed regulations for the care of the park.

SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for any State that had troops engaged in
the battle of Moores Creek National Military Park, to enter upon the
same for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the lines of battle of
its troops engaged therein: Provided, That before any such lines
are permanently designated the position of the lines and the proposed
methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise, shall be
submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War; and all such lines,
designs, and inscriptions for the same shall first receive the written
approval of the Secretary of War.

SEC. 5. If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary
of War, destroy, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column,
statues, memorial structures, or work of art, which shall be placed upon
the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove
any fence, railing, inclosure, or other mark for the protection or
ornamentation of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy,
cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, brush, or
shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or
remove or fell any timber, battle relic, tree, or tree growing upon said
park, or hunt within the limits of the park, any person so offending and
found guilty thereof before any justice of the peace of the County of
Pender, State of North Carolina, shall, for each and every offense,
forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the justice, according to
the aggravation of the offense, of not less than $5 nor more than $50,
one half for the use of the park and the other half to the informer, to
be enforced and recovered before such justice in like manner as fines of
like nature are now by law recoverable in the said County of Pender,
State of North Carolina.

An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept
property for the Moores Creek National Military Park, and for other
purposes, approved September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 746)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to accept in
behalf of the United States donations of lands, buildings, structures,
and other property, or interests therein, which he may determine to be
of historical interest in connection with the Moores Creek National
Military Park, the title to such property or interests to be
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the
area to be accepted pursuant to this Act shall not exceed one hundred
acres. All such property and interests, upon acquisition by the Federal
Government, shall be a part of the Moores Creek National Military Park
and shall be subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.

An Act To provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and
boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, to
authorize appropriations for additional costs of land acquisition for
the National Park System, and for other purposes, approved October 26,
1974 (88 Stat. 1445) (Public Law 93-477)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled

SEC. 101. The limitations on appropriations for the acquisition of
lands and interests therein within units of the National Park System
contained in the following Acts are amended as follows:

(7) Moores Creek National Military Park, North Carolina: The Act of
September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 746) is amended by adding the -following
new section:

"SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, but not more than
$243,000 shall be appropriated for the acquisition of lands and
interests in lands and not more than $325,000 shall be appropriated for
development."

SEC. 402. The Act of September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 746), providing
for the Moores Creek National Military Park is amended by changing the
words "accept in behalf of the United States donations of" to "acquire
by donation, purchase, or exchange", and by changing "to be accepted" to
"acquired".

An Act To improve the administration of the Historic Sites,
Buildings and Antiquities Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 666), approved September
8, 1980 (94 Stat. 1133) (Public Law 96-344)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled

SEC. 12. The area formerly known as "Moores Creek National Military
Park", established pursuant to the Act of June 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 684),
shall henceforth be known as the "Moores Creek National Battlefield".